[lbo-talk] See!

Wojtek S wsoko52 at gmail.com
Fri Feb 11 15:10:37 PST 2011


Carrol: "The early leaders, for the most part, are not only self-nominated (which is the 'healthy' practice) but for the most part actually self-appointed: hence they are well known politicians, attorneys, professors, etc. And they _always_ have a "theory" about the scope and limits and content of the revolution."

[WS:] There might be some truth in it, but I can also think of a more compelling reason - movements, especially nascent ones often do not have institutionalized rules - either formal or informal - to negotiate and settle differences. Most social groups have such rules, social movements typically don't. So the only way of resolving conflicts and settle differences is outright competition and elimination or expulsion of the loser.

Wojtek



More information about the lbo-talk mailing list